15th Chennai GM Open R4: Iniyan and Ethan in a three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/01/2025

Top seed, IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with IM Kaustuv Kundu in Round 4 of 15th Chennai GM Open 2025. GM Iniyan Pa, IM Ethan Vaz and GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) have emerged the leaders with a perfect score 4/4. They defeated GM Venkatesh M R, IM Shahil Dey and IM Sathvik Adiga respectively. Untitled Bhaavan Kolla held GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL) to a well contested draw. Currently, seven players including six Indians are in pursuit at 3.5/4 each. Varun V seized his opportunity against GM P Shyam Nikhil to move his score 3.5/4. Round 5 starts today at 10 a.m. IST.

Varun beats Shyam Nikhil

One of the three leaders - GM Iniyan Pa 4/4

Iniyan - Venkatesh

Position after 18...Rg6??

GM Venkatesh M R's (2362) position was already difficult. 18...Rg6?? allowed his opponent GM Iniyan Pa (2508) to win the game immediately. Find out the cute tactic White executed in the game.

Shahil - Ethan

Position after 22...Nxb7

The rook and knight endgame is equal. However, IM Shahil Dey (2374) misplayed and weakened his position by pushing pawns instead of improving his knight and rook's position 23.a4 Rc3 24.b4 Nd6 25.a5 b5 26.f4 f6 soon White managed to lose his knight and the game.

IM Ethan Vaz 4/4

Varun - Shyam Nikhil

Position after 22.Nc4

22...Qc5 keeps the upper hand for GM P Shyam Nikhil (2449). However, the game continued 22...Qf6 23.Nb6 Qd6? Varun V (2173) found a nice hook 24.f6+- White could have played 24.Nxd7 first also works in the same way. 24...Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Qxf6 26.Nxd7 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.b3 White converted his material advantage into a win comfortably.

Notable results

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete - GM Sayantan Das: 0.5-0.5

GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL) - Bhaavan Kolla: 0.5-0.5

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy - FM Arjun Adireddy: 0.5-0.5

FM Dhananjay S - IM Sanket Chakravarty: 0.5-0.5

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) - Mayukh Majumder: 0.5-0.5

Sri Sai Baswanth P - IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg: 0.5-0.5

Kartavya Anadkat - IM Alexander Slizhevsky: 0.5-0.5

Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi - IM Avinash Ramesh: 0.5-0.5

WFM Sneha Halder - GM Attila Czebe (HUN): 0.5-0.5

IM Sevan Buscara (FRA) - Madhesh Kumar S : 0-1

Jval Saurin Patel - IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ): 0.5-0.5

GM Laxman R R - Mukund Hemant Agrawal: 0.5-0.5

IM David Gochelashvili - Esshan Wadhawan: 0-1

WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) - Soham Roy: 0.5-0.5

IM Mohsen Elgabry (EGY) - Shreyash Singh: 0-1

IM B T Murali Krishnan - Rupam Mukherjee: 0-1

A total of 174 players including 16 GMs, 25 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 19 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament is organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 2nd to 9th January 2025 at Hotel Ramada Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		White	Bdld	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Bdld	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	12	PGN
2	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		IND	2395	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2515	2	PGN
3	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	18	PGN
4	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	8	PGN
5	17	IM	Shahil, Dey		IND	2374	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	10	PGN
6	7	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	2½	½ - ½	3		Kolla, Bhaavan		IND	1946	162	PGN
7	5	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		IND	2457	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2328	28	PGN
8	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2326	29	PGN
9	38	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2270	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	16	PGN
10	19	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	2½	½ - ½	2½		Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	128	PGN
11	21	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2346	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	35	PGN
12	56		Varun, V		IND	2173	2½	1 - 0	2	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P		IND	2449	6	PGN
13	59		Sri, Sai Baswanth P		IND	2161	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh		MGL	2392	14	PGN
14	63	CM	Sarveshwaran, V		IND	2150	2	1 - 0	2	CM	Mrithyunjay, Mahadevan		IND	2345	22	PGN
15	67		Anadkat, Kartavya		IND	2139	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	23	PGN
16	69	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi		IND	2131	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	24
17	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	2	1 - 0	2	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar		IND	2123	73
18	72		Bhosale, Shriraj		IND	2125	2	0 - 1	2	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi		IND	2334	26
19	75	AFM	Pavan, Karthikeya Varma Gunturi		IND	2115	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Avinash, Ramesh		IND	2331	27
20	32	FM	Patil, Priyanshu		IND	2298	2	1 - 0	2		Jihan, Tejas Shah		IND	2109	77

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1
1	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	TN	4	10
	10	IM	Vaz, Ethan	U14	IND	2412	GA	4	10
3	2	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	U18	SGP	2515	SGP	4	9,5
4	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	WB	3,5	11
5	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	RSPB	3,5	10,5
6	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	MH	3,5	9,5
7	21	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2346	BLR	3,5	9
8	162		Kolla, Bhaavan	U14	IND	1946	AP	3,5	8
9	12	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	WB	3,5	7,5
10	56		Varun, V		IND	2173	TG	3,5	6,5
11	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga	U14	IND	2395	KA	3	11
12	128		Mayukh, Majumder	U12	IND	2013	WB	3	10,5
13	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	TN	3	10
	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	TN	3	10
	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	TN	3	10
	26	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	U18	IND	2334	AP	3	10
	32	FM	Patil, Priyanshu		IND	2298	MH	3	10
	44	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		IND	2225	Railways	3	10
19	138		Madhesh, Kumar S	U12	IND	2006	PY	3	9,5
20	7	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	COL	3	9

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Bdld	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Bdld	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2515	4		4	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	3
2	10	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	4		3½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	1
3	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	3½		3½	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2346	21
4	12	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	3½		3½		Varun, V		IND	2173	56
5	162		Kolla, Bhaavan		IND	1946	3½		3½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	15
6	32	FM	Patil, Priyanshu		IND	2298	3		3	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		IND	2457	5
7	36	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma		IND	2281	3		3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	7
8	38	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2270	3		3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	9
9	43		Arpith, S Bijoy		IND	2234	3		3	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		IND	2395	13
10	16	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	3		3	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		IND	2225	44
11	55	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa		IND	2180	3		3	IM	Shahil, Dey		IND	2374	17
12	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	3		3		Shirliyev, Allayar		TKM	2196	50
13	138		Madhesh, Kumar S		IND	2006	3		3	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	19
14	24	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	3		3	CM	Sarveshwaran, V		IND	2150	63
15	128		Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	3		3	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	25
16	26	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi		IND	2334	3		3		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet		IND	2098	84
17	28	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2328	3		3		Jai, Sankar Subramanian		IND	2113	76
18	29	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2326	3		3	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh		NEP	2093	88
19	14	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh		MGL	2392	2½		3		Vijay, Shreeram P		IND	2025	119
20	80	WFM	Sneha, Halder		IND	2105	2½		2½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	11

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